by Michael W. Litchfield
|
by George Nash
|
by John Carroll
|
by Scott McBride
|
by Rex Cauldwell
|
See buying choices for this item to see if it's one of the millions that are eligible for Amazon Prime.
|
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
Editorial Reviews
From Library Journal
This is a reincarnation of Nash's out-of-print classic, Old House: A Rebuilder's Manual ( LJ 1/15/80), substantially rewritten and reorganized. The focus is the major defects of old houses: the heaved foundation walls, defunct mechanical systems, rotted structural timbers, damaged roofs, and broken staircases. Nash is both an artful writer and a knowledgeable renovation specialist. He writes with poetic grace about the unique character and hidden beauty of old houses, yet he's remarkably clearheaded and resourceful when dealing with their often maddening irregularities. There isn't a better sourcebook on the larger structural challenges of renovation. Most libraries should have this as a companion volume to Michael Litchfield's Renovation: A Complete Guide ( LJ 8/90. rev. ed.).
- Bill Demo, Tompkins Cortland Community Coll., Dryden, N.Y.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Description
"Comprehensive and well illustrated with dozens of photographs. It's a gem." - San Jose Mercury News
This is a reincarnation of Nash's out-of-print classic, Old House: A Rebuilder's Manual ( LJ 1/15/80), substantially rewritten and reorganized. The focus is the major defects of old houses: the heaved foundation walls, defunct mechanical systems, rotted structural timbers, damaged roofs, and broken staircases. Nash is both an artful writer and a knowledgeable renovation specialist. He writes with poetic grace about the unique character and hidden beauty of old houses, yet he's remarkably clearheaded and resourceful when dealing with their often maddening irregularities. There isn't a better sourcebook on the larger structural challenges of renovation. Most libraries should have this as a companion volume to Michael Litchfield's Renovation: A Complete Guide ( LJ 8/90. rev. ed.).
- Bill Demo, Tompkins Cortland Community Coll., Dryden, N.Y.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Description
"Comprehensive and well illustrated with dozens of photographs. It's a gem." - San Jose Mercury News
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
I remember quite well that leaden April morning, the front end of our ancient van clanking in protest as we climbed the steep washboard road through the forest, where stale snow still clung to the dark places, climbed to where the woods shrank back from the dull, matted fields to reveal the ridges rolling away to the mountains at the end of the valley, like some moldering purple blanket that had lain out by the garden all winter. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
jacking timber, sisson fitting, flashing cement, rotted sills, staging planks, cellar posts, structural rot, terne metal, sheathing boards, subfloor boards, steel roofing, rafter pair, existing shingles, drip edge, new sill, flue tiles, jack posts, ridge shingles, stairwell opening, parting bead, taping knife, entrance panel, roll roofing, perimeter insulation, old roofing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New England, Organizing Priorities, Home Heating Systems, Joe English, World War, National Electrical Code, Operation Rescue-Replacing, Running Cable New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
I remember quite well that leaden April morning, the front end of our ancient van clanking in protest as we climbed the steep washboard road through the forest, where stale snow still clung to the dark places, climbed to where the woods shrank back from the dull, matted fields to reveal the ridges rolling away to the mountains at the end of the valley, like some moldering purple blanket that had lain out by the garden all winter. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
jacking timber, sisson fitting, flashing cement, rotted sills, staging planks, cellar posts, structural rot, terne metal, sheathing boards, subfloor boards, steel roofing, rafter pair, existing shingles, drip edge, new sill, flue tiles, jack posts, ridge shingles, stairwell opening, parting bead, taping knife, entrance panel, roll roofing, perimeter insulation, old roofing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New England, Organizing Priorities, Home Heating Systems, Joe English, World War, National Electrical Code, Operation Rescue-Replacing, Running Cable New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 31
books:
See all 31 books this book cites
5
books
cite this book:
- The Old-house Doctor by Christopher Evers on page 143, and Back Matter
- Modern Carpentry: Building Construction Details in Easy-To-Understand Form by Willis H. Wagner on page 90, and Back Matter
- Basic Building Data by Don Graf in Back Matter
- Book of Power (MASK) by Kenneth Harper in Back Matter
- Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: The American Classic, in Words and Photographs, of Three Tenant Families in the Deep South by Walker Evans in Front Matter
See all 31 books this book cites
- Adding to a House: Planning, Design & Construction by Philip S. Wenz in Back Matter
- Real Estate Business and Investment Opportunities: The Complete Guide to Starting a High-Profit Business by Bryan Wittenmyer on page 5
- The Creative Real Estate Investor's Notebook of 525 Rehab, Remodeling, Repair, and Maintenance Secrets (v 2.2) by Bryan Wittenmyer on page 78
- Strategic and Tactical Real Estate Investing Secrets from the Trenches by Bryan Wittenmyer on page 78
- Building Adaptation, Second Edition by James Douglas in Back Matter
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
|
What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?
 |
52% buy the item featured on this page: Renovating Old Houses (For Pros By Pros Series) |
 |
33% buy Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes $21.12 |
 |
9% buy Renovation: Completely Revised and Updated $26.37 |
 |
3% buy Smart Guide: Roofing: Step-by-Step Projects $8.95 |
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Help others find this product — tag it for Amazon search
No one has tagged this product for Amazon search yet. Why not be the first to suggest a search for which it should appear?
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
|||||||||||||||
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Customer Discussions
Beta (What's this?)
New! See all customer communities, and bookmark your communities to keep track of them.
|
This product's forum
(0 discussions)
Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Active discussions in related forums
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Product Information from the Amapedia Community
Beta (What's this?)Be the first person to add an article about this item at Amapedia.com.
› See featured Amapedia.com articles
So You'd Like to...
Look for Similar Items by Category
Get to Know TomTom ONE XL |
Best Books of 2008 |
Construct Your Kitchen |
FREE Super Saver Shipping on Select Makita Power Tools |
|||||||
|
Your Recent History
(What's this?)|
You have no recently viewed items or searches.
After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session. |
Continue shopping: Top Sellers
| ||||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
